Flurry
- Not to be confused with Flurrie.
Flurries are snowman-like creatures that appear in the icy regions of World 4 of Subcon. They first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2 as enemies and soldiers of the 8 bits. They are named after flurries, which are brief periods of snowfall. They are the first Snowman species in the Mario franchise.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 2
In Super Mario Bros. 2, Flurries are enemies that run along the ice chasing after Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Toad. Like them, they have poor traction on the ice and can slip off of the platform they're on. They only appear in World 4. In the rare instances that they can be led onto non-icy surfaces, such as the bottom of the second tower in World 4-3, they have perfect traction. In the NES version of Super Mario Bros. 2, Flurry is fully white, while in the SNES version and other subsequent remakes, its legs are blue.
BS Super Mario USA
In the direct sequel of Super Mario Bros. 2, BS Super Mario USA, Flurries make their return and play the same role as in the predecessor. They only appear in the third world of the game, which is also the icy land of Subcon itself.
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Flurries make an appearance in the remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 for GBA. They first and only appeared in the accessible level Treacherous Halls scanned by the e-Reader. There are two of them, one of which can help Mario or Luigi pass through the spiky path via standing on their heads, and get the Brick Block and/or the Advance Coin. These Flurries still move as if all surfaces are slippery ice blocks to them.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Some Flurries occasionally appeared in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they spoke, despite not having visible mouths. Due to Wart not appearing on the show, they work for King Koopa here, and one (Flaky) even had a name. Staying true to the spirit of the games, Flurries appeared only in episodes that are set in snowy environments, such as the Land of Ice from "The Bird! The Bird!", the North Pole from "Koopa Klaus", and one Flurry works with Redcoat Koopa at the Delawide River from "The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming!" Unlike in the game, some of them have arms.
A Flurry, alongside a Shy Guy and Snifit, attends Bowser's wedding to Princess Peach in the Super Mario Adventures comic.
Super Princess Peach
Flurries make a cameo appearance in Super Princess Peach. Here they appear in the background of World 6, Gleam Glacier.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナカボン[1] Nakabon |
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| Chinese | 那卡邦[2] Nàkǎbāng |
From the Japanese name, ナカボン Nakabon |
| Italian | Piumino |
Letteraly "Lil'Feather", name based on their weight |
Trivia
- Despite being an enemy in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Flurry did not receive artwork in the manual (or a name) until Super Mario Bros. 2.[3] This is also the case for Tweeter and Spark.
References
- ^ Mario character book, page 141
- ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet, page 26.
